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  • Workers’ Rights as Human Rights

    Blackfriars Hall St Giles, Oxford, United Kingdom

    2024 Oxford Consortium for Human Rights Annual Lecture There is a pressing need to address the lack of dignity and respect in the current world of work. Issues of low pay, working poverty and precarious  work can be tackled by strengthening rights at the workplace. This will lead to greater human flourishing in our communities...

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    Centesimus Annus – Discussion Group

    Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus Online discussion group running over nine weeks. Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information.   The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16...

  • Rearmament and Security: “Europe, where are you sailing?”

    In a global context marked by violent conflicts and an erosion of multilateralism, European countries have pledged to invest significant resources in the extension and modernisation of their military defence capabilities. A spreading logic of war is fuelling a rearmament dynamic in Europe and worldwide, posing not only serious security challenges but also ethical questions....

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    Centesimus Annus – Discussion Group

    Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus Online discussion group running over nine weeks. Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information.   The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16...

  • Inserted Communities as Places of Encounter in Post-Conciliar Britain, 1970s-2000s

    Blackfriars Hall St Giles, Oxford, United Kingdom

    Catholic religious institutes of sisters and nuns were influenced by the Second Vatican Council’s (1962-1965) call to the renewal of religious life. This paper examines the changing ministries of Catholic sisters as they rethought forms of outreach from education, nursing and social welfare to those that emphasized social justice. It examines the religious meaning of...

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    Centesimus Annus – Discussion Group

    Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus Online discussion group running over nine weeks. Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information.   The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16...

  • Recurring

    Centesimus Annus – Discussion Group

    Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus Online discussion group running over nine weeks. Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information.   The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16...

  • Recurring

    Centesimus Annus – Discussion Group

    Catholic Social Teaching for the new millennium: Centesimus Annus Online discussion group running over nine weeks. Open to all. Registration is required. Contact edward.hadas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk for more information.   The text is readily available at: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html Week One (April 23): Sections 1-11 – Reading the past to understand the present Week Two (April 30): Sections 12-16...

  • Metaverse Book and Series Launch

    Blackfriars Hall St Giles, Oxford, United Kingdom

    The Metaverse Series is a forthcoming series of books from Taylor & Francis which will explore the role, opportunities and challenges of the Metaverse in the present and near future, from business and entertainment to our personal lives and to humanity’s future. The Metaverse Series will take a critical view of the potential and opportunities,...

  • Capacity to consent to medical treatment: bringing theory into Practice

    Blackfriars Annexe Seminar Room 33 St Giles, Oxford, United Kingdom

    1-day workshop led by Dr John Duddington, Mollie Cornell, and Anne Duddington. The aim of the workshop is to look at some ideas of what capacity actually means and should mean from the philosophical/legal angle and then to relate these to actual situations where there are difficult questions of capacity when, for instance, the patient...